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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 6.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH FEBRUARY, 1872.
VOL. XVIII.
PROCLAMATION.
No. 2.
[L.S.] RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL.
By His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Bachelor, and Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honorable The Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinances; namely:-
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No. 7 of 1871, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to empower the Governor from Time to Time to enrol Constables in the Police Force for Periods of less than Five Years, and upon Special Terms and Conditions;
No. 8 of 1871, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to modify the Regulations of the "Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855,” in respect of Chinese Passenger Ships proceeding upon short Voyages. Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 29th Day of January, 1872.
No. 21.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
EDMUND SHARP, Esquire, Crown Solicitor of the Colony of Hongkong, having been granted Six Months' Sick Leave from this date inclusive, His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, K.C.M.G., and C.B., has been pleased to appoint WILLIAM W. TOLLER, Esquire, to be Acting Crown Solicitor, provisionally, and until further notice.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th February, 1872.
No. 22.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Decision of the Marine Court of Inquiry into the Loss of the British Ship “British Admiral," Official Number 55,071, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th February, 1872.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.